• A firefighter jumps from a ladder amidst smoke during a fire in downtown Srinagar. Three residential houses and a shop were gutted in the fire, and the cause of fire is still being ascertained, according to fire officials. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A firefighter jumps from a ladder amidst smoke during a fire in downtown Srinagar. Three residential houses and a shop were gutted in the fire, and the cause of fire is still being ascertained, according to fire officials. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • Indian Hindu devotees sit to perform “Pind Daan” ceremony rituals, believed to bring peace of the souls of ancestors, on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Indian Hindu devotees sit to perform “Pind Daan” ceremony rituals, believed to bring peace of the souls of ancestors, on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • An excavator removes the carcass of an elephant after it was killed by poachers at Kothalguri village, in Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam. Locals said the elephant's tusks were removed by poachers. AFP PHOTO?
    An excavator removes the carcass of an elephant after it was killed by poachers at Kothalguri village, in Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam. Locals said the elephant's tusks were removed by poachers. AFP PHOTO?
  • A woman sits on a bed inside her flooded room after heavy rains in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
    A woman sits on a bed inside her flooded room after heavy rains in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • A stray cat sits perched on a bicycle parked in an alley in the old quarters of Delhi September 22, 2013. Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters
    A stray cat sits perched on a bicycle parked in an alley in the old quarters of Delhi September 22, 2013. Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters
  • Hindu devotees perform Pind Daan rituals, believed to bring peace and salvation to the souls of ancestors, on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Hindu devotees perform Pind Daan rituals, believed to bring peace and salvation to the souls of ancestors, on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • Sweet candy vendors walk on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa state. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
    Sweet candy vendors walk on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa state. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
  • A villager throws his fishing net into giant rainwater puddles on the banks of the Kuakhai River on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India. India's monsoon season, which runs from June to September, brings rain that is vital to agriculture but also causes floods and landslides. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
    A villager throws his fishing net into giant rainwater puddles on the banks of the Kuakhai River on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India. India's monsoon season, which runs from June to September, brings rain that is vital to agriculture but also causes floods and landslides. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo

Inside India: September 25, 2013


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A view of news and daily life on the Indian subcontinent.

Editing and sequencing by photo editor RJ Mickelson